Animated Commercial Curiosities (18)
Those wonderful short films we see again and again, music videos, interstitials, adverts, explainers and more demonstrate a wealth of animation styles and ideas. Come and see the very best creative responses that shape the world around us.
| Date & Time: | Mon, 14 Nov (16:15) |
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| Approx. Runtime: | 70 mins |
| Certification: | 18 |
| Venue: | HOME Cinema 2 |
| Tickets: | BUY PASS |
Films in this programme:
Something Out Of Nothing
Paul’s mother, grieving the loss of her son, reconnects with the St Ives landscape and imparts that loss into a series of sculptures.
Director: Marcus Armitage
Year: 2022
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Global Women ‘Career Limiting Move’
Raising awareness of the “Motherhood Penalty” that significantly impacts women in the workplace in New Zealand.
Director: Anna Mantzaris
Year: 2021
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A Future Begins
A son returns to the farm after his ageing father can no longer maintain it. With sustainability and technology on his side the farm prospers.
Director: Johnny Kelly
Year: 2021
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Syria Relief: Stone by Stone
After having been displaced by a devastating 11 year war, this film shows what can be achieved and how communities can be rebuilt when everyone works together.
Director: Karl Doran / Winston Tsang / Guy McKinley
Year: 2022
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Orelsan – The Quest
In this music video, the singer seemingly tells his life story with clay.
Director: Victor Haegelin
Year: 2022
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Veganuary
Bigfoot sees the effect climate change is having on his snowy home and decides to try a vegan diet to help reduce his carbon footprint.
Director: Claire Grey
Year: 2021
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Sumo
Illustrated in the traditional 18th century Japanese screenprinting style, a sumo wrestler participates in the new sports at the Tokyo 2021 Olympics.
Director: Geoffroy Barbet-Massin
Year: 2021
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Hypno Tidoo
In a calm, reassuring clearing a young child and his teddy bear explore the wonders the landscape until a storm arrives, threatening their serenity.
Director: Arianna Gheller & Matteo Burani
Year: 2021
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The Rebel Radio That Brought Down a War Criminal
Learn about Radio Venceremos, an underground radio collective that fought US-backed fascism during the Salvadoran Civil War.
Director: Tomás Pichardo Espaillat
Year: 2022
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Cold Heart
Four friends move through galaxies making friends with all the spectacular life they find and spreading joy.
Director: Raman Djafari
Year: 2021
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We Tell Our Selves
This film explains the power of narrative framing and demonstrates the importance of language in constructing narratives about women.
Director: Paragini Amin
Year: 2022
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Barbour ‘Please Look After This Bear’
We follow the mishaps and adventures of Paddington Bear as he comes up with an idea for a thoughtful gift.
Director: againstallodds
Year: 2021
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Syrian Oral History Archive
A selection of audio clips from the Syrian Oral History Archive form an impressionistic story of Syria’s 2011 revolution and its aftermath.
Director: Superpower Partners
Year: 2021
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Hidden Heroes
Three children of different origins and living conditions imagine themselves as superheroes to cope with the everyday struggles.
Director: Anna Levinson
Year: 2022
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Coming Home
A paint-on-glass film telling the tale of the white-tailed sea eagle returning to their former home, the Metropole Ruhr in Germany.
Director: Carol Freeman
Year: 2021
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Head & Shoulders: The Chase
A spy is captures in a chase around the world, but how did the detective manage to find him?
Director: CRCR
Year: 2021
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The Boys from Summer
Sébastien remembers his summer loves but on returning to Paris he is left with the nostalgia for the romance.
Director: Julien Hazebroucq
Year: 2021
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The Natural World, Joy, and Human Flourishing
Part of On Being’s collection of interviews designed to explore our relationship with the natural world.
Director: Katy Wang and Gabriel Greenough
Year: 2022
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UNICEF: Younis’ Story
At the age of 13, Younis left school to help his family but was recruited into an armed group in Sudan.
Director: Flink Studios
Year: 2022
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California Tobacco Control Program ‘Harm’
Harm lays bare the deceit of the tobacco industry and the corrosive effect that microplastics from cigarette filters have on our environment.
Director: Parallel Teeth
Year: 2022
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The Rhyming Guide to Joining the Army
“Should the armed forces recruit children under the age of 18? You decide.” A spoken word piece by artist Potent Whisper.
Director: Neda Ahmadi
Year: 2021
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Bruit Rose
A symbolic and poetic interpretation of the life that grows in the womb of a future mother through a fantastic explosion of forms and colours.
Director: Ulysse Lefort, Martin Wiklund, Arthur Lemaître
Year: 2022
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#BinaryGenderNorm:Girls
What kind of behaviours and activities are considered appropriate for girls in school? The #BinaryGenderNorm implies that today women are produced as a second-class subject in schools.
Director: Bernadita Ojeda & Cristián Freire
Year: 2021
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The Girl Who Built a Rocket
Fara, a young Madagascan girl imagines building a spaceship to go to Mars and find water for her town.
Director: Neeraja Raj
Year: 2021
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ALINE
Jarvis Cocker’s rendition of the 1965 Christophe track “Aline” created for the film The French Dispatch.
Director: Wes Anderson
Year: 2021
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